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Danville Cooperative Announces New General Manager - 5.23.2008
DANVILLE, Kansas - Danville Cooperative Association, a farmers' cooperative and agribusiness in south central Kansas, announced today that they have selected Ted Sabata as General Manager effective June 3, 2008.
Prior to joining the Danville Cooperative Association, Sabata was Vice-President of Operations for Farmers Elevator Company (FEC) in Kimball Nebraska, which recently merged with Frenchman Valley Cooperative. He brings many years of experience in Cooperative operations and management. Sabata also holds a degree in Ag-Education and Agronomy from the University of Nebraska.
Roy Davis, Chairman of Danville Cooperative Association, welcomes Sabata. "We are excited to welcome Ted to the Coop and are confident in his abilities to successfully manage our company."
The Danville Cooperative Association's main office is located on Railroad Avenue in Danville,
KS. For further information, please contact Roy Davis, Chairman, at (620) 243-3292 or (620) 896-2295.
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Co-Mark, Inc and Coops Create Co-Mark Grain Marketing, LLC - 3.24.2008
Co-Mark, Inc., announced on March 24, 2008 the formation of a new grain marketing venture, initiated by area farmers' cooperatives, that focuses on strengthening the value for Kansas and Northern Oklahoma grown grain, through innovative marketing efforts.
Co-Mark Grain Marketing, LLC or "CGM" officially began operations on February 1, 2008. Over a three month period a total of ten cooperatives will join CGM. They are: Anthony Farmers Cooperative Association (Anthony, KS), Cairo Cooperative Equity Exchange (Cairo, KS), CCGP, Inc. (Wichita, KS), Danville Cooperative Association (Danville, KS), Farmers Cooperative Grain Association (Caldwell, KS), Farmers Cooperative Elevator Association (Garden Plain, KS), O.K. Cooperative Association and Mercantile (Kiowa, KS), Two Rivers Consumer Cooperative Association (Arkansas City, KS) and Valley Coop Inc. (Winfield, KS).
CGM now serves as the grain division for these ten cooperatives handling all grain merchandising, logistics, and accounting under one Federal license. According to David Smith, President/General Manager, the advantage of a grain marketing alliance is increased efficiencies including the better use of storage assets. Ownership of the physical grain remains with the local cooperative. CGM anticipates that nearly 40 million bushels of grain will be marketed each year through the alliance. "The idea behind CGM and other similar alliances is to better link produces to end users therefore providing more competitive prices for their grain, " says Smith.
CGM is governed by a board of directors who are member-owners, much like a local farmers' cooperative. Each of the ten cooperatives' General Managers serves as a director on the board. Currently, CGM's officers are: Terry Kohler, Chairman, Farmers Cooperative Elevator Association, Dan Cashier, Vice Chairman, Anthony Farmers Cooperative Association and Rob Johnston, Secretary, Farmers Cooperative Grain Association.
As for the farmers, they wont see much change at their local cooperative. "Farmers will still be able to contract and sell grain as well as get a check cut at their local coop. However, we will be working hard behind the scenes to create a strong demand for their grain," says Smith.
CGM staff consists of David Smith, President/General Manager, Delinda Warner, CFO/Controller, Marc Lyman and Ryan McCoy as Grain Merchandisers and Rochelle Rosenhagen, Administrative Assistant.
The Co-Mark Grain Marketing Office is located at 326 East South Avenue, Cheney, KS. For more information, please contact David Smith, President/General Manager at (316) 542-3435 or
dsmith@cgmllc.coop.
